More Asus netbook contraptions arrive

THE NOTEBOOK afficionados at Notebook Review have got an Asus N10JC-A1 netbook. Apart from the netbook credentials, this little piggy provides integrated Intel GMA 950 graphics plus a “discrete” 9300M – and the differences are quite alarming when you get round to benhchmarking graphics on it. The battery life seems quite good, even with the Nvidia part turned on. Give it a look, see?

TweakTown is giving an in-depth look into the Asus P6T Deluxe OC Palm Edition X58 motherboard *cough*. Palm OC is the name of the overclock monitoring gadget that comes with the mobo. Overclocking the i7, however, is a bit more complex than a Core 2 Duo or Quad. The Asus mobo, however, seems to be on track. You’ve got loads of features CrossfireX and SLI. You can have your cake *and* eat it. Read it here.

Tech Gage has a run-down of which memory kit will suit the Core i7 processor best. Although not a specific brand-comparison, the article covers the many DDR3 memory ratings and their corresponding performance with the i7. Read the article, here.

Sticking a Phenom on a micro-ATX motherboard requires some clever power management, but Asrock will let you stick one on a 780GFullHD mobo of theirs. Compared to other 780G designs, Asrock has decided to do without the Sideport memory – which makes no difference when it comes to hi-res video playback but some when you try to game on it. Cheap as chips, say AMDZone.

The French have a website dedicated to that noble pursuit of Green Computing. It’s called Ginjfo – and that’s where you’ll find an eco-minded HDD enclosure from Vantec. The NexStar 3i, as it is called, has built-in power management and will power down or go to standby per your settings. Interesting concept.The review’s in French, so we’ve Googled it to English.

Techware Labs took a couple of non-reference Palit HD 4870s for a spin today. These cards come with a very light overclock and that ultimately useless Turbo switch at the back that’ll give or remove the 25MHz overclock. Give the review a look, but consider it’s using an E7200 to power a couple of HD 4870s. µ